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3 x Carriages on the A55 heading to Holyhead.(possibly 397002 & 5 coaches)

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EE Andy b1 said:
Basically a translator vehicle has a different coupler at one end, so it can attach in this case to the Dellner coupler on the Class 397 EMU, so 1 translator vehicle each end of the EMU. The brake pipe for train braking is then continuous throughout the train through the barriers and rear locomotive in this case for added brake force. The brakes may or may not be working on the 397, if not that's when more additional brake force is required.
Some of the ROG operated locomotives have a Dellner coupler and equipment fitted so no need for translator vehicles.
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The ROG locos fitted with Dellner couplings are the class 37s, I don't think the class 47s are fitted with them though
 
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Thanks, I was confusing the two.
Yeah, the last I heard it was only the 37's which were Dellner fitted, in the ROG fleet.
Hence the barrier and translator vehicles with the 47's.
 
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I saw three more coaches heading westbound on the A55 this lunchtime, but they were a set of red double-decker buses! :)
(I think one was LK07AZX, should anyone care.)
 
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gazthomas said:
Thanks for that. I'm amazed they can't find somewhere closer than the 220 miles between the two places. Could Holyhead have been used? I guess no suitable crane is available there?
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Holyhead's been mainly roll-on-roll-off freight since the container terminal closed in 1991 (when the A55's Conwy Tunnel opened, allowing HGVs to avoid Conwy's town walls). The cranes are long gone.
 
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krus_aragon said:
Holyhead's been mainly roll-on-roll-off freight since the container terminal closed in 1991 (when the A55's Conwy Tunnel opened, allowing HGVs to avoid Conwy's town walls). The cranes are long gone.
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That's a good point, I never associated the end of Freightliner services with the creation of the Conwy Tunnel, but it makes complete sense
 
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